Gen. Billy Mitchell, one of the fathers of the American Air Force, made the bold claim in 1925 that Japan would attack the militarily unprepared United States “by striking first at Hawaii, some fine Sunday morning.” Most thought Mitchell was
Exactly 72 years ago today, Japan launched more than 350 fighters, bombers, and torpedo planes against the U.S. naval base in Hawaii–a “date which will live in infamy,” in the words of President Franklin Roosevelt. In fact, that Sunday morning
The Unites States men’s soccer team is in the same 2014 World Cup draw as powerhouse Germany, Ghana, a nation that has knocked out the United States during the last two World Cups, and Portugal, a squad that boasts one
A recent report in the UK Telegraph puts the number of British citizens traveling to Syria to fight alongside jihadist groups in the hundreds–the largest for all Europeans–and highlights an alarming trend of Europeans flocking to the war zone to further
The president and his allies have asked supporters of ObamaCare to push the unpopular law on their relatives, this Thanksgiving – even to the point of supplying them with strategies and talking points. But that’s not all – Mayor Bloomberg’s
The Supreme Court has ordered Attorney General Eric Holder to respond to the Home School Legal Defense Association’s (HSLDA) petition on behalf of the Romeike family, a German family who sought legal asylum in the United States to escape persecution
JUDGEMENT IN MOSCOW But Judea clamoured all around, Of the dead declined to be reminded Alexander Galich Chapter One: PHONEY WAR 1. Who cares? There is a huge pile of papers before me on my desk,
Remember when war was a bad thing? Remember when the “doves” lined the streets in protest against foreign entanglements that would put our troops in danger? I do. I was there in 2003, when a “million” protesters lined the streets
(AP) Merkel’s party, Greens eye German state allianceBERLINChancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives and the environmentalist Greens will try to form a government together in one of Germany’s most prosperous regions _ a move that could expand the traditional foes’ future options
(AP) Europeans form ‘drone club,’ want to competeBRUSSELSFrance, Germany and other European countries on Tuesday formed a “drone users club” to pool information on the use of pilotless aircraft and develop a rival to the U.S. and Israeli machines that
On Sunday night, the scintillating special edition of Breitbart News Sunday on Sirius XM Patriot channel 125 was devoted to the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Breitbart News Executive Chairman and host Stephen K. Bannon drew out stories from
(AP) Merkel: trust with US needs to be rebuiltBy KIRSTEN GRIESHABERAssociated PressBERLINGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday the relationship between Germany and the United States as well as the future of a trans-Atlantic free trade agreement have been “put to
President Obama during interview with NBC News’s Chuck Todd: “I can guarantee you that I’ve been more deeply involved in our intelligence operations on a whole set of areas where there are real threats against us than just about any
(AP) Iran’s Rouhani says uranium enrichment `red line’By NASSER KARIMIAssociated PressTEHRAN, IranIranian officials said Sunday the country made progress with world powers during “serious” talks over Tehran’s nuclear program, but insisted the nation cannot be pushed to give up uranium
He may be enduring a rough year, but Roger Federer has an opportunity to end the tennis year on top and show the world he is not finished. Federer beat Juan Martin del Potro in a thrilling quarterfinal match 4-6, 7-6(2),
European champions Bayern Munich set a new record for the longest unbeaten run in Bundesliga history with a 3-0 victory at home to Augsburg on Saturday. Bayern have now gone 37 league matches since their last defeat, at Bayer Leverkusen
Noted defense lawyer, scholar, and pro-Israel advocate Alan Dershowitz has warned the Clintons that they will need to distance themselves from Sid Blumenthal unless he stops defending his son Max’s anti-Israel book. The book, Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel,
(AP) BRUSSELSA poll of European Jews has found that more than three-quarters of those questioned believe anti-Semitism is on the rise in their home countries and close to one-third have considered emigrating because they don’t feel safe. The survey was conducted
(AP) Fugitive whaling protester: ‘We’re not pirates’By GENE JOHNSONAssociated PressSEATTLEA fugitive activist known for attacking Japanese whaling vessels off Antarctica insisted “we’re not pirates” Wednesday as he addressed a U.S. appeals court considering whether he and the organization he founded
Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi, who won the Nobel Peace prize in 2003 for promoting human rights in her native Iran, has publicly called for the U.S. and E.U to bar Iran from using U.S. and European satellites. Ebadi asserted
Republicans should stop cheering for ObamaCare to fail. It may be dreadful, but going back to what we had before is not possible. The real political hay is to be made improving the law to lower prices and premiums–details Democrats
Claiming that American intelligence gathering activities he exposed represented “systematic violations of law by my government that created a moral duty to act,” fugitive contractor Edward Snowden is asking the American government to grant him clemency. Snowden reportedly made the appeal
(AP) Snowden seeks the world’s help against US chargesBy GEIR MOULSON and KIRSTEN GRIESHABERAssociated PressBERLINEdward Snowden is calling for international help to persuade the U.S. to drop its espionage charges against him, according to a letter a German lawmaker released
On October 30, the U.S. Treasury blamed Germany for “dragging down its neighbors and the rest of the global economy.” According to the Wall Street Journal, the U.S. Treasury specifically focused on Germany’s “export-led growth model as a major factor
(AP) Eurozone unemployment reaches new record highBy JUERGEN BAETZAssociated PressBRUSSELSThe number of unemployed in the 17-nation eurozone reached a record high in September as the bloc’s nascent recovery failed to generate jobs, official data showed Thursday.The ranks of the jobless
(AP) Under-fire German bishop retreats to monasteryBERLINA German bishop removed from his diocese by the Vatican following a furor over the spiraling cost of his new residence has retreated to a monastery in Bavaria. Pope Francis last week expelled Limburg
Germany has a new regulation, effective November 1, that will allow parents of babies who lack gender-determining anatomy to be noted in the country’s birth register without being marked either male or female. The German Ethics Council conducted a study
The “martyr death” is the “best way to die,” Mustafa’s “wish… for every believing brother and sister,” declared the 24-year old Moroccan-German in an Oct. 18 interview for the German public television station ZDF (“Minderjährige Deutsche im Krieg” segment). Having
(AP) Norway town sees winter sun for 1st timeBy MARK LEWISAssociated PressSTAVANGER, NorwayResidents of the small Norwegian town of Rjukan have finally seen the light. Tucked in between steep mountains, the town is normally shrouded in shadow for almost six
Germans were among Barack Obama’s foremost fans when he first ran for president in 2008. That country had been among the leading opponents of the Iraq War at the UN, joining France on the UN Security Council to push back
The National Security Agency says it just recently ended a five year program that included spying on “Chancellor Angela Merkel and other world leaders” but Obama did not know. According to the Wall Street Journal, a U.S. official said these
The Obama administration claims that President Barack Obama was personally unaware that the National Security Agency (NSA) was spying on thirty-five world leaders, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday evening. The claim is contradicted by other reports and, regardless, represents
The National Security Agency stopped spying on German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other world leaders after the White House learned of the snooping, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday. President Barack Obama learned of the electronic surveillance in an internal
(AP) Report: US monitored 60 million calls in SpainBy CIARAN GILESAssociated PressMADRIDA Spanish newspaper published a document Monday that it said shows the U.S. National Security Agency spied on more than 60 million phone calls in Spain in one month
During a speech in 1942, Adolf Hitler said, “The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to allow the subject races to posses arms.” In other words, Jews and others whom Hitler wanted to wipe from the earth
According to German newspaper Bild am Sonntag, President Obama personally authorized the monitoring of German chancellor Angela Merkel three years ago. In 2010, according to the newspaper, National Security Agency head General Keith Alexander informed Obama that Merkel was being
(AP) German minister demands ‘complete’ US answersBERLINGermany’s interior minister is pressing for “complete information” from Washington on the alleged U.S. surveillance of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cellphone and any other snooping. Merkel complained to President Barack Obama on Wednesday after receiving
Since being elected to the Chair of Peter in March, Pope Francis has emphasized simplicity and humility–particularly for career-minded or high-living clerics–along with fiscal responsibility and transparency, through his examination of the finances of both the Vatican and the “Vatican bank,”
(AP) German spy chiefs to head to US for talksBy JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG and GEIR MOULSONAssociated PressBRUSSELSGerman spy chiefs will travel to Washington shortly to talk with U.S. officials about the spying allegations that have so angered Europe, including whether Chancellor
(AP) AP sources: foreign help to US could be exposedBy KIMBERLY DOZIERAP Intelligence WriterWASHINGTONTwo Western diplomats say U.S. officials have briefed them on documents obtained by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden that might expose the intelligence operations of
